Information and
support centres

Cancer can leave you facing many challenges, from coping with your cancer care, to finding the help you need or planning a holiday after a diagnosis. At our local information and support centres, you'll find a team of experts and trained volunteers on hand to answer your questions. They aim to give you a ‘time away’ from the cancer clinic, where you can find a listening ear and information on everything from local support groups to help for the financial problems cancer may create.

Reviewed: 4 Dec 2014 Next review: 2017

You can access booklets, leaflets and other sources of information free of charge. Some centres offer services such as counseling, complementary therapy or support to deal with issues such as hair loss. They may also run courses to support you following cancer treatment.

Services can be found within hospital cancer centres, or in the community – in libraries, shops or mobile units.

You don't need an appointment to speak to or visit our centres. And you're welcome whether you have a cancer diagnosis, are worried about cancer or are visiting on behalf of a friend or relative.

To find your nearest centre you can use our local area search, which will also give more details about the services offered. Please note our search does include details of some cancer information and support services that are not directly supported by Macmillan. In these cases Macmillan can only share the information that the organisation that runs them has provided.

Hear about Thom's experience of his local Macmillan centre

Hear about Thom's experience of his local Macmillan centre

Mobile information centres

If you see a large green bus with our logo, an information and support stand or workshop taking place in a community setting near you, it is likely to be our Mobile Information and Support Service. Our team of experts visit rural towns, market days, city centres, community centres, large events, universities and workplaces. The service will consider all venues if it helps people to better access face-to-face information and support.

We are unable to take new requests for a mobile information centre to visit your town at the moment, but if you have an enquiry about our upcoming visits please get in touch by emailing mobileinfounit@macmillan.org.uk.

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Do you have a question for our cancer support specialists? If you want to, you can complete our online form to give us the information we need to answer you. We’ll attempt to reply within two working days.

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We rely on a number of sources to gather evidence for our information. If you’d like further information on the sources we use, please feel free to contact us on: bookletfeedback@macmillan.org.uk

All our information is reviewed by cancer or other relevant professionals to ensure that it’s accurate and reflects the best evidence available. We thank all those people who have provided expert review for the information on this page.

Our information is also reviewed by people affected by cancer to ensure it is as relevant and accessible as possible. Thank you to all those people who reviewed what you're reading and have helped our information to develop.

You could help us too when you join our Cancer Voices Network – find out more at: http://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancervoices

We make every effort to ensure that the information we provide is accurate and up-to-date but it should not be relied upon as a substitute for specialist professional advice tailored to your situation. So far as is permitted by law, Macmillan does not accept liability in relation to the use of any information contained in this publication or third party information or websites included or referred to in it.